2000 USL A-League

August 2023 March 2026 USL A-League -2000 Season- 2000 25 Rochester Rhinos (2nd Title) Minnesota Thunder (1st Title) 350 ZIM Digital Takawira, Milwaukee Rampage USA Paul Conway, Charleston Battery, USA Greg Howes, Seattle Sounders, LBR Johnny Menyongar, Minnesota Thunder (17 goals each) USA Scott Vallow, Rochester Raging Rhinos 1138 1999 2001 The 2000 USL A-League was an American Division II league run by the United Soccer League during the summer of 2000. League standings Eastern Conference Northeast Division main WDL Q y 4 LIR Long Island Rough Riders ROC Rochester Raging Rhinos TOR Toronto Lynx MON Montreal Impact BOS Boston Bulldogs CON Connecticut Wolves 16 3 9 54 36 17 2 9 42 25 13 4 11 35 30 12 3 13 34 41 9 3 16 32 41 1 8 19 22 57 y +9 +5 +3 +3 +3 +1 green2 Q Q Q complete Atlantic Division main WDL Q y 4 CHA Charleston Battery RIC Richmond Kickers HER Hershey Wildcats HAM Hampton Roads Mariners RAL Raleigh Capital Express ATL Atlanta Silverbacks PIT Pittsburgh Riverhounds 18 2 8 59 36 20 1 7 42 25 15 3 10 49 30 14 2 12 44 38 12 4 12 48 52 11 3 14 51 42 10 4 14 41 43 y +13 +3 +7 +4 +6 +8 +5 green2 Q Q Q Q Q complete Western Conference Central Division main WDL Q y 4 MIN Minnesota Thunder MIL Milwaukee Rampage IND Indiana Blast MLS MLS Project 40 TEN Tennessee Rhythm CIN Cincinnati Riverhawks 20 4 4 74 30 18 1 9 69 47 9 4 15 40 57 8 1 19 35 60 6 0 22 36 103 2 3 23 25 80 y +15 +16 +5 +3 +1 +2 green2 Q Q Q complete Pacific Division main WDL Q y 4 SEA Seattle Sounders SDG San Diego Flash VAN Vancouver 86ers ELP El Paso Patriots BAY Bay Area Seals ORA Orange County Waves 18 3 7 56 38 16 3 9 54 32 14 3 11 62 41 12 2 14 48 50 12 3 13 42 53 12 1 15 44 52 y +10 +8 +11 +7 +5 +6 green2 Q Q Q Q Q complete Conference Quarterfinals Eastern Conference September 8, 20007:30 PM (EST) Long Island Rough Riders (NY) Dahir Mohammed 78 5 Brian Ashton43 Juan Pablo Arango 1–2 http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00lynx66.htm Toronto Lynx (ON) Mitchel Athletic Complex, Uniondale, New York 758 September 9, 20007:30 PM (EST) Charleston Battery (SC) Paul Conway 24Gilbert Jean-Baptiste Ihor Dotsenko 1–0 http://www.charlestonbattery.com/2000/Raleigh_6.htm Raleigh Capital Express (NC) Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston, South Carolina 3,091 September 9, 20007:35 PM (EST) Rochester Rhinos (NY) Mali Walton 47:38, 59Yari Allnutt 51:28Dan Stebbins 57, 85Martin Nash 62Onandi Lowe 71, 78Scott Schweitzer 0 90 40:52 Greg Simmonds32 Mike Williams36 Mike Henning59 Ze Roberto90 Timothy Leonard 4–2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/136652240/?terms=Rhinos Hershey Wildcats (PA) Frontier Field, Rochester, New York 10,456 September 9, 2000 Richmond Kickers (VA) Paul Lekics 90Rob Ukrop 113 41 Jakob Fenger 2–1 (OT) Hampton Roads Mariners (VA) UR Stadium, Richmond, Virginia 3,927 Western Conference September 9, 20007:30 PM EST Milwaukee Rampage (WI) Digital Takawira 5 94Igor Soso 85 41 Mark Rowland 63 Kirk Wilson 3–2 El Paso Patriots (TX) Uihlein Soccer Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 3,122 September 9, 20007:35 PM (CDT) Minnesota Thunder (MN) Brian Winters 2 61Chugger Adair 27Morgan Zeba 47 63Johnny Menyongar 53Paul Schneider 80 7–0 http://www.uslfans.com/news/2000/news,2000,0154.shtml Indiana Blast (IN) National Sports Center, Blaine, Minnesota 2,957 Kelly Ross (USA) September 9, 2000 Seattle Sounders (WA) Craig Waibel 26, 57Viet Nguyen 45Scott Jenkins 48Tim Steidten 79 5 Marquis White44 Jeremy Sweet55 Kevin Jeffrey 2–1 http://seattlepitch.tripod.com/matches/2000/sep10.html Bay Area Seals (CA) Memorial Stadium, Seattle, Washington 3,239 Cory Dean (USA) September 12, 19987:35 PM (PDT) San Diego Flash (CA) Anthony Farace 21Carlos Farias 53Leighton O'Brien 77Raul Calderon 103 2 Chris Franks38 Carmen D'Onofrio43 Paul Dailly 1–1 yes http://www.a-league.com/news/2000/news,2000,0153.shtml Vancouver 86ers (BC) Douglas Stadium, San Diego, California 3,877 Nathan Lacy (USA) Carlos Farias Carlos Calderson Emmanuel Ayim Jerome Watson Brian O'Connor 3–4 Darren Tilley Domenic Mobilio Steve Kindel Chris Franks Rick Titus Conference semifinals Eastern semifinal 1 September 15, 20007:30 PM (EDT) Rochester Rhinos (NY) Onandi Lowe 8, 42Yari Allnutt 10 2 Darren Warham2 56 76 Brent Sancho 2–0 https://www.newspapers.com/image/136907258/?terms=Rhinos Charleston Battery (SC) Frontier Field, Rochester, New York 7,531 September 16, 20007:30 PM (EDT) Charleston Battery (SC) 28 Dan Stebbins82 Scott Vallow 0–1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/136908027/?terms=Rhinos Rochester Rhinos (NY) Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston, South Carolina 2,806 The Rochester Rhinos advanced 3–0 on aggregate. Eastern semifinal 2 September 15, 20007:30 PM (EDT) Toronto Lynx (ON) Milan Kojić 32Nikola Vignjević 36 pen. 1–0 http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00lynx76.htm Richmond Kickers (VA) Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario 1,989 Manuel Orellano (Canada) September 17, 20007:00 PM (EDT) Richmond Kickers (VA) 39 Milan Kojić 0–1 http://www.uslfans.com/news/2000/news,2000,0176.shtml Toronto Lynx (ON) City Stadium, Richmond, Virginia 4,027 Toronto Lynx advanced 2–0 on aggregate. Western semifinal 1 September 13, 20007:30 PM (PDT) Vancouver 86ers (BC) Alfredo Valente 30John Sulentic 69 90 0 69 John Sylvester72 John Coughlin 3–0 http://www.a-league.com/news/2000/news,2000,0163.shtml Minnesota Thunder (MN) Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, British Columbia 5,127 Rene Parra (Canada) September 16, 20007:35 PM (CDT) Minnesota Thunder (MN) Don Gramenz 30Mike Gentile 35Chugger Adair 45Brian Winters 86Morgan Zeba 94 13 Darren Tilley90 Joe Scigliano90 Domenic Mobilio 4–0 (OT) http://www.a-league.com/news/2000/news,2000,0174.shtml Vancouver 86ers (BC) National Sports Center, Blaine, Minnesota 3,005 Michael Kennedy (USA) The Minnesota Thunder advanced 4–3 on aggregate. Western semifinal 2 September 13, 20005:30 PM (CDT) Milwaukee Rampage (WI) Digital Takawira 1Jason Willan 33Steve Bernal 60 20, 90 Andrew Gregor75 Ali John Utush90 Craig Tomlinson 2–1 http://www.a-league.com/news/2000/news,2000,0173.shtml Seattle Sounders (WA) Uihlein Soccer Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2,558 Ricardo Salazar (USA) September 17, 20007:00 PM (PDT) Seattle Sounders (WA) Greg Howes 10 Ali John Utush 39Craig Waibel 57 34 Yuri Lavrinenko54 Todd Dusosky 82 Jake Provan 90 Brian Loftin90 Dan Popik 1–2 http://www.a-league.com/news/2000/news,2000,0175.shtml Milwaukee Rampage (WI) Memorial Stadium, Seattle, Washington 1,952 Kari Seitz (USA) Milwaukee Rampage advanced 4–2 on aggregate. Conference finals Eastern Conference September 22, 20007:30 PM EST Toronto Lynx (ON) Brian Ashton 20Francisco Dos Santos 63, 66 41 Onandi Lowe75 Dan Stebbins 1–1 http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00lynx77.htm Rochester Rhinos (NY) Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario 2,811 Jerry Proctor (Canada) September 24, 20007:30 PM EST Rochester Rhinos (NY) Tim Hardy 33Craig Demmin 80 11 Brian Ashton 1–0 https://www.newspapers.com/image/136914250/?terms=Rhinos Toronto Lynx (ON) Frontier Field, Rochester, New York 8,058 Western Conference September 21, 20007:30 PM EST Milwaukee Rampage (WI) Todd Dusosky 23, 0 90Yuri Lavrinenko 51David Marshall 90Jason Willan 0 90Jon Cantwell 0 90 9 41 Morgan Zeba57 Johnny Menyongar64 John Coughlin 3–4 Minnesota Thunder (MN) Uihlein Soccer Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1,187 September 23, 20007:30 PM EST Minnesota Thunder (MN) Johnny Menyongar 15 89, 67Chugger Adair 45 62Stoian Mladenov 74 18 Brian Loftin51 Nate Houser 5–0 http://www.uslfans.com/game_reports/2000/minnesota_barnes_09232000.shtml Milwaukee Rampage (WI) National Sports Center, Blaine, Minnesota 3,414 Terry Vaughan (USA) Final September 30, 2000 Rochester Rhinos (NY) Dan Stebbins 13:55Carlos Zavala 15 Yari Allnutt 38:00Martin Nash 77Onandi Lowe 77:10 63 John Coughlin76 Morgan Zeba78:12 Chugger Adair81 Don Gramenz 3–1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/136477653/?terms=Rhinos Minnesota Thunder (MN) Frontier Field, Rochester, New York 14,276 Ricardo Salazar (USA) Points leaders RankScorerClubGPGoalsAssistsPoints1 ZIM Digital Takawira Milwaukee Rampage21161042 USA Paul Conway Charleston Battery26178423 USA Greg Howes Seattle Sounders2717741 USA Darren Sawatzky Seattle Sounders28169415 LBR Johnny Menyongar Minnesota Thunder28173396 HON Saul Martínez Hampton Road Mariners 2616537 JAM Gregory Simmonds Hershey Wildcats 25165378 CAN Dwayne DeRosario Richmond Kickers23155359 USA Paul SchneiderMinnesota Thunder231543410 JAM Patrick BeechAtlanta Silverbacks2214533 DRC Ignace MolekaAtlanta Silverbacks281453312 UKR Ihor DotsenkoRaleigh Capital Express2815232 ENG Darren TilleyVancouver 86ers131263014 IRL Seamus DonnellyHampton Roads Mariners2814129 USA Jason BoyceOrange County Zodiac241172915 USA Jamel MitchellHershey Wildcats281322816 TRI Kevin JeffreyBay Area Seals2412327 USAMac CozierCharleston Battery241152718 USA Edson BuddleLong Island Rough Riders2611426LCA David FlaviusPittsburgh Riverhounds2511426 Honors MVP: ZIM Digital Takawira Goals Leaders (tied): USA Paul Conway, USA Greg Howes, LBR Johnny Menyongar Goalkeeper of the Year: USA Scott Vallow Defender of the Year: USA Scott Cannon Rookie of the Year: USA Greg Howes Coach of the Year: USA Neil Megson First Team All A-League Goalkeeper: USA Scott Vallow Defenders: USA Chris Fox, TRI Craig Demmin, USA Scott Cannon, USA Scott Schweitzer Midfielders: USA Brian Loftin, USA Yari Allnutt, BUL Stoian Mladenov Forwards: USA Paul Conway, USA Darren Sawatzky, ZIM Digital Takawira Second Team All A-League Goalkeeper: CAN Theo Zagar Defenders: HAI Gilbert Jean-Baptiste, CAN Adrian Serioux, ENG David Banks, TRI Rick Titus Midfielders: RSA Lenin Steenkamp, IRL Gerry Lucey, CAN Martin Nash Forwards: CAN Dwayne DeRosario, LBR Johnny Menyongar, USA Greg Howes External links The Year in American Soccer - 2000 A-League playoff results defunct 2000 2 Category:2000 in Canadian soccer